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Unexpected N-terminal editing: a cysteine protease that cuts and pastes

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N-terminal modification is a mechanism for regulation of protein activity, localization and degradation. A proteomic approach using β-lactone activity-based probes has identified a cysteine protease with N-terminal transpeptidase activity.

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Figure 1: β-Lactone and peptide labeling of RD21 substrates.

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